Question regarding ethical/religious beliefs and DWP sanctions?

Comms69

KatrinaWaves wrote: »

And then flounce out if they said their religion prohibited it?

No? Why is having an opinion that business and state should be sectarian an issue?

motorguy

Comms69 wrote: »

Indeed which I also said. Convenience and price would dictate my consumer choices

You said in post #21 you'd use a different shop?

Comms69 wrote: »

In a different shop...


Pandering to the demands of people based upon their belief in some figure (whether real or not) has no place in a civilised society.

Comms69

motorguy wrote: »

You said in post #21 you'd use a different shop?

No that was a jokey comment -


I was quite clear:


post 14
Expecting a person working at a till to serve customers is not onerous. Personally if two shops were next door to eachother and the prices were the same, but in one I had to queue up in a designated area simply to enjoy my choice of beverage - yes I would shop at the other one.



Post 17
Though my primary driving factor, as with most consumer decisions, would be cost and convenience.

TBagpuss

Kentish_Dave wrote: »

Which religion prohibits selling alcohol then?

Oh, and upthread someone said that respecting religion is a human right. It isn’t, people are free to mock religious beliefs, and given what some religions preach it’s pretty close to being a moral obligation to do so.

Respecting religious beliefs in this contxt doesn't preclude mockey, it means that you respect the fact that they are entitled to freedom of religion.

With any issue involving human rights, there is alwyas a balance between competing rights - e.g. the right to fredom of religion and the right to freedom if speech.

Freedom of religion doesn't mean no one can criticise your religion, it does give you protection against discrimination on the basis of your religion.

And simialrly, there is a balancing exercise betweeen the religious needs of an employee and the business needs of an employer, and the test is one of reasonablness. As it is where the competing needs are those of an employee with a disability, and the business.

TBagpuss

Comms69 wrote: »

No? Why is having an opinion that business and state should be sectarian an issue?

Do you mean Secular?

motorguy

TBagpuss wrote: »

Respecting religious beliefs in this contxt doesn't preclude mockey, it means that you respect the fact that they are entitled to freedom of religion.

With any issue involving human rights, there is alwyas a balance between competing rights - e.g. the right to fredom of religion and the right to freedom if speech.

Freedom of religion doesn't mean no one can criticise your religion, it does give you protection against discrimination on the basis of your religion.

And simialrly, there is a balancing exercise betweeen the religious needs of an employee and the business needs of an employer, and the test is one of reasonablness. As it is where the competing needs are those of an employee with a disability, and the business.

Thats exactly it.

If someone believes they have an invisible friend in the sky watching and judging them constantly, thats their problem. I dont have to respect their invisible friend in the sky, however i have to respect their right to believe they have an invisible friend in the sky.

Comms69

TBagpuss wrote: »

Do you mean Secular?

Apologies yes - dyslexia kicked in massively there (don't like to use that as an excuse, but its the genuine reason)

TBagpuss

I thought you probably did, as it made more sense that way.

Although the idea of sectarian supermarkets is quite entertaining, too!

motorguy

TBagpuss wrote: »

I thought you probably did, as it made more sense that way.

Although the idea of sectarian supermarkets is quite entertaining, too!

Its like something we'd have in Northern Ireland...

sparkermarketing

TELLIT01 wrote: »

They send you to another till.

so you have a trolley full of stuff, that you have unloaded onto the conveyor belt, including a bottle of wine - the cashier then refuses to serve you and they send you to another till. Loading everything back into your trolley, queue up again, unload and try again?